Keynote Housing Group / Prime Focus Housing Group

OFT closed case: Anticipated merger between the Keynote Housing Group and the Prime Focus Housing Group

• From: Competition and Markets Authority
• Published: 28 February 2006

• Case type: Mergers
• Case state: Closed
• Market sector: Distribution and service industries
• Outcome: Mergers - phase 1 found not to qualify
• Closed: 28 February 2006

Affected market: Housing associations

No. ME/2169/05

On the basis of the information available to it, the Office of Fair Trading has decided that the anticipated merger between the Keynote Housing Group and the Prime Focus Housing Group does not qualify for investigation under the mergers provisions of the Enterprise Act 2002 (the Act), because neither the UK turnover test nor the share of supply test in section 23 of the Act is met. A relevant merger situation has, therefore, not been created.

Published 28 February 2006